Metacognitive Reading Report

Trainee: Matthew C. Gonzales Date: August 28, 2020

Science, Technology and Society/
Agham, Teknolohiya at Lipunan

Lewis Wolpert’s The Medawar Lecture 1998: Is Science Dangerous?

Topic/Lesson

1. Difficult Concepts (What concepts did you find difficult to understand?)

i. Meaning of Bioethics
ii. What is Eugenics
iii. Reproduction: Cloning, Genes and Stem Cells

2. Insights (What new insights or learnings did you gain in discussion/ activity?)

i. Before reading the article/understanding the lesson, I thought that Science and technology is
similar

ii. However, reading the article/understanding the lesson, I now think/realize that science and
technology is not the same.

iii. Before reading the article/understanding the lesson, I thought that Science could be easily be
influenced by scientist However, reading the article/understanding the lesson, I now
think/realize The obligation of scientists is to make public both any social implications of
their work and its technological applications

iv. Before reading the article/understanding the lesson, I thought that Science is only based on
computations and inventions However, reading the article/understanding the lesson, I now
think/realize that it is deeply embedded in our culture, particularly in literature, yet science
provides the best way of understanding the world.
3. Questions (What questions would you want answers for? Or vague areas you want more
explanations about?
i. The part of Eugenics.
ii. Difference of Democratic Society and Parliament
iii. How does politics affects Science.